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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What device is the U.S. army developing to improve a soldier's decision-making process?
(a) An attention helmet.
(b) Implanted computer chips.
(c) An immersion chamber.
(d) Virtual reality goggles.

2. For what purpose is the U.S. military experimenting with implanting computer chips in the brains of soldiers?
(a) To treat physical injuries sustained in battle.
(b) To lessen their fear during battle.
(c) To treat patients suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome or PTSD.
(d) To control soldiers remotely.

3. Because inventions have many applications, what two disciplines work together to create a balance?
(a) Religion and Technology.
(b) Religion and Biology.
(c) Science and Socialism.
(d) Technology and Humanism.

4. What life-changing experience did journalist Sally Adee have when she used a battlefield simulator?
(a) A change in her personality.
(b) Her brain without self doubt.
(c) An increased ability to learn.
(d) A life-like virtual reality experience.

5. Instead of healing the sick, what is the new focus of medicine?
(a) Downgrading normal humans.
(b) Maintaining good health.
(c) Creating superhumans.
(d) Upgrading the healthy.

6. Humanism claims that instead of looking to a supreme being or authority to define meaning, people should rely on _______.
(a) Their own feelings and desires.
(b) Evolutionary principles.
(c) Scientific advancement.
(d) What society believes is right.

7. What does Harari say is the bedrock of liberal democracy?
(a) A prosperous middle class.
(b) Free will.
(c) Economic growth.
(d) The value of individuals.

8. What group of individuals are being held responsible for the potential reversal of the humanist revolution?
(a) Computer geeks.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Religious leaders.
(d) Biologists.

9. If we devote ourselves solely to economic growth, what social structure could suffer?
(a) Education.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Religion.
(d) Family ties.

10. According to Harari, what makes people believe in imaginary entities like God?
(a) Make passionate speeches.
(b) Agree with their beliefs.
(c) Give them a reward.
(d) Make them sacrifice something.

11. How are scientists able to predict a person's desires and decisions?
(a) By using brain scanners.
(b) By determining personality traits.
(c) By reading facial expressions.
(d) By learning about a person's past experiences.

12. What false message did Syrian hackers post on the Associated Press's Twitter account?
(a) The White House had been evacuated due to a terrorist threat.
(b) The White House had been attacked and President Obama was hurt.
(c) President Obama was missing after a bombing attempt.
(d) The White House had been bombed and was on fire.

13. Who famously declared that God is dead?
(a) Frederich Nietzsche.
(b) Karl Marx.
(c) Adolph Hitler.
(d) Benito Mussolini.

14. What is Watson being trained to do to help the medical field?
(a) Diagnose diseases.
(b) Remote controlled surgery.
(c) Brain surgery.
(d) Collect global health information.

15. What artificial intelligence success did the computer called Deep Blue achieve?
(a) It learned to play chess with only verbal instructions.
(b) It changed the rules of chess.
(c) It had the highest score in the world on Pac-Man.
(d) It beat the world chess champion.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are modern teenagers acquiring an understanding of capitalism?

2. What revolutionary strategy did Oakland Athletics manager Billy Beane use to select the best baseball players?

3. How did scientists increase their knowledge of the relationship between the two hemispheres of the brain?

4. What has replaced deploying large armies in today's military?

5. What economic and political system adheres to the principles of a free market?

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